Dan Goldman was a national celebrity before he ever ran for office. He served as the lead counsel for the first impeachment of Donald Trump, where his questioning of witnesses during the House Intelligence Committee hearings made him the face of the Democratic case against the President.
He represents New York’s 10th District, arguably the most culturally and economically influential district in the country. It covers Lower Manhattan (Tribeca, Greenwich Village, Wall Street) and Brownstone Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope), along with the ultra-Orthodox enclave of Borough Park.
A scion of the Levi Strauss fortune (he is an heir to the denim empire), Goldman is one of the wealthiest members of Congress. However, he built his own career as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), where he took down members of the Genovese crime family and prosecuted securities fraud.
In Congress, he is the Democrats' designated "legal attack dog" on the Oversight Committee. He frequently uses his prosecutorial skills to dismantle GOP witnesses and defend the Biden administration against Republican investigations.
Goldman occupies a unique lane as a progressive Zionist. Representing a district with a massive Jewish population that ranges from secular liberals in Park Slope to Haredi Jews in Borough Park, he has been a vocal defender of Israel while also criticizing the Netanyahu government's judicial reforms.
"He prosecuted the mob for the SDNY and led the impeachment of a President. Dan Goldman is the Levi Strauss heir who traded the family business for the fight to save democracy."
Dan Goldman: The Prosecutor in the House
Representative Dan Goldman’s path to Washington was paved with high-stakes litigation. Born into the Levi Strauss family dynasty, Goldman attended Yale and Stanford Law before joining the most prestigious prosecutor’s office in the country: the Southern District of New York (SDNY). As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he spent a decade putting away mobsters, insider traders, and gun runners. He wasn't a politician; he was a courtroom tactician.
That changed in 2019. When the House of Representatives launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump regarding Ukraine, Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff tapped Goldman to lead the investigation. For weeks, millions of Americans watched Goldman question witnesses on live TV. His methodical, evidentiary style turned him into a hero for the "Resistance" and a villain for MAGA Republicans. When he ran for the open NY-10 seat in 2022, he won a crowded primary by leveraging that national profile, narrowly defeating a field of seasoned local politicians.
In the House, Goldman has lived up to his reputation. He serves on the Oversight Committee and the Homeland Security Committee. He views his role as the "Defense Counsel for Democracy," aggressively pushing back against what he calls the "weaponization of government" by the far-right. He is often the member who spots the legal holes in a witness's testimony, turning committee hearings into cross-examinations.
Locally, Goldman navigates a complex constituency. His district is the epicenter of American finance and culture, but it also contains deep pockets of poverty in public housing (NYCHA) and a politically powerful Orthodox Jewish community. Goldman has focused heavily on antisemitism, leading efforts to censure colleagues for hate speech and working to secure federal security grants for synagogues and community centers.
District Context: New York 10th (U.S. Census Data)
The "Empire District": This is the district of the 9/11 Memorial, the New York Stock Exchange, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Stonewall Inn. It is the historic and financial core of New York City.
Population: ~776,000.
Demographics:
Jewish Population: One of the largest Jewish constituenc...
